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The Best of Us

Highlighting the stories, practices, and tactics of K-12 professional learning leaders working to enhance the educator experience.
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The Best of Us S4/E3: The Success Triangle — 40 Years of Urban District Leadership with Dr. Michael Hinojosa

Why do most new superintendents feel overwhelmed by board relations, politics, and finance rather than instruction? In this episode of The Best of Us, Dr. Michael Hinojosa shares his Success Triangle framework for balancing stakeholder relationships, how he developed 50 future superintendents while leading six districts over 40 years, and why incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy in urban education.

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The Best of Us S4/E2: Teresa Morales-Young on How Fresno Unified Built a Teacher Pipeline That Actually Works
Over 15 years, Teresa Morales Young has built something rare in education: a teacher pipeline that actually works. As leader of the Department of Teacher Development at Fresno Unified—California's third-largest district—Teresa has created 12 interconnected pathways that guide educators from high school through their entire career, achieving retention rates that far exceed state averages.
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The Best of Us S2/E5: Principals or Peers: Who Should Evaluate Teachers?, with Drs. Alyson Lavigne & Tim Ford
In this episode of The Best of Us, we sit down with Dr. Alyson Lavigne and Dr. Tim Ford to cover the wide world of teacher evaluation. These two instructional leadership researchers share a wealth of knowledge about evaluation’s past, present and future, from questions of teacher motivation to the impact of Race to the Top and beyond.
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The Best of Us S2/E2: Long-Term Systems for Educator Growth, with Kaya Henderson
In this episode of The Best of Us, we talk with Kaya Henderson, former Chancellor of DC Public Schools, about the philosophy and tactics behind the district’s long-term plan for recruiting and retaining exceptional educators.
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